Indexing device



Oct. 4, 1927. v 1,644,162

N. wARsHAw INDEXING DEVICE Filed Sept. 5. 1925 INVENTOR mroRNE'YPatented Oct. 4, 1927.

UNITED STATESv 1,644,162 PATENT OFFICE.

` NATHAN WAR-SHAW, orf-NEW YORK, N. Y.

INDE'XING DEVICE.

Application led September, 1925. Serial No. 54,838.

rI`his invention relates to a class'` of devices for keeping memorandafor ready reference. My invention has for its object primarily toprovide a device designed to be employed for indexing desire-dmemoranda, such as the.

such as from the mouthpiece vof the transp mitterA of a telephone. Inthe slots of the plate are a pair of removable resilient arches, eachhaving preferably an arcuate body portion of spring metal for permittingthe body to be compressibly moved lto spring'l the free ends `of th-earch toward each other. On the ends of the body portion of eachL archare clips or hooks which detachably grip the V ends of the slot in whichthe arch is seated, and these arches'serve to venable cards'or the liketo be removably mounted on the plate or board element for allowing thenames, addresses and telephone numbers or other memoranda to beinscribed thereon for ready reference when wanted.

A further object of the invention is to provide an indexing device of asimple,.ei cient and durable construction which may be made inappropriate sizes and shapes.

With these and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinaftermore fully eX- plained with reference to the accompanying drawingforming a part of this specification in which similar characters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and will thenbe pointed out in they claims at the end of the description.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a telephone with oneform of indexing device embodying my invention applied thereto. l

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view showing an elevation of the upper portionof the device.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view, partly fragmentary and partly inelevation, taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. t is a fragmentary view taken on the lline 4-4 of Fig. 2 and whichshows an enlarged side elevation of one of the catches used in thedevice.

The device may .be-provided. with a board i or surface element 10 whichmay be of any suitable size and shape, though the form of the boardelement illustrated has an approximately rectangular lower portion 11'and a curved or substantially semi-circular upperportion 12. In theupper portion of the board element is an opening 13 of preferably avcircular shape, andin the board element in .proximity to the lower part-of the circular opening 13are two spaced openings. `or slots 14, 15disposed on alinement crosswise of the board element. The element 10 maybe of card board or other suitable material, and on lone face of thiselement is a late16. 1 y

The plate 16 isy preferably of metal, and the upper portion of the plateis formed into a circular ring, as 17, of a size so that it.

snuglyv fits the opening 13 of the board ele v ment 10. An annularflange, as 18, is providedon the inner edgel of the ring 17, and thisflange extends through the opening of the board element and isoverlapped upon the second face of Vthe board lelement for securing theelement and plate together, be- *l sidesv providing .a wear protectorfor the edge of thev opening of the board element 10.

In the plate 16 below the ring 17 are two.

spaced horizontally aline-d openings or slots 19 20 which are inlregister with the openings or slots 14, 15 of the board element 10, andall of these slots are preferably vertically` disposed. In the reistered openings orL slots are `two vremovab e arches 21, 22`

which carry insuspended positions on the board element 10 one or anumber yof removable indexing slips or cards, as 25, for enablingdesired memoranda, such as the names, addresses and telephone numbers orother data to be inscribed thereon for convenient vreference theretowhen wanted.

The arches 21, 22 are similar in shape and size, and each arch has abody portion 23 of spring metal of preferably an arcuate shape with itsends normally spaced apart at a distance similar to the ylength of eachof the slots or openings 19, 20.` On the ends of the body portion 23 ofeach of the arches are clips, as 26, 27, preferably hook shaped disposedwith their openings in opposite directions, and these hook shaped clipsare of a size so that they snugly grip opposite parts of the registeredopenings or the ends of the registered slots 19, 20 of the board element10 and plate 16.

` as 28, and through the riiigan'd* this hole In tliefnpperV Aparts of"eachfV of' the: slipsl orr cards 25l are holes through'whi'ch'areI*disposed the circular body portions 23 -o-'the arches 21, 22. When itis'desired tourevmove;

one or all of the cards 25 or add other cards thereto, both oil thearches 21, 22 are removed" from the board and plate elements bycompressing,` the yielding bo'dyportions'23' of the arches, 'as shown inFig. 4, sufiicientlyA for disenggingthe clipsV-or hooks26,f27

iromthe edges of the slots, ancl`the-arches` with the cards' may be,fdet'ached 'iiron'ilthe beard element and'plate.v Op'nelor moreoiV thecards may then befremoved' from the arches or other ca'rds'may bemounted on fthew arches.y vThe arches with the cards are afteri Wardremonnted on the boardY element by compressing,` thebodyjportions23'1and'm4 serting the hooked ends; 26, `27 vinto theslots, v andbyreleasi'ng the pressure upon'lthe body portions the hookswill engage' the edges of' the slots for holding the cards on the boardelement'. v

Then the the Vring portion 17 o'thevb'oard and plate elements isarranged ineiicirclinle;I fashionover the mouth lpiece'isothatthegcardsand the boardv element will be suspended from the mouth piece.In'theboardlelement 10 slight`v ly above, thetring 17 oi"V the plate 16is a hole',

held part of' anelasti'e band29'Which'l is wrapped closely aroundthemouth piece'for holding)` the device thereon-toprevent 1t taccidentally slipping` Vfrom thefmont'h piece When the telephone isused' if 'the' ringr 17 of the plate 16 is excessively largertl'ian the'month piece.v

ln the foregoing'. descriptioinl have `em'" bodied' the preferred forniof my invention,` but I do notwish'to Vloe lLinderstood vas limiti"ing,- myself thereto, as Iv am avvarethat modi'-4 ic'ations may bemade'` therein Without de-Y parting" froml the principleor sacrificingkany of the advantages 'of thisinvention,l there-l device is applied onthemoiith piece, as A, of a telephone transmitter, as B,"

-Iforegl I reserve to'Av myself'tlie right? to i 'make such changes asiairly fall fwithinv the scope opening of- 'the'v extensionV of y theboard, i said ringl 'portion' having fon" its-inner edge' anA v annulanflangef'closely' `iitt111g;the edge'of the 60 circular opening i oftheextension ofi the hav-ing?,V therethronghtwo horizontally spacedvertical" slots' adjacent thel 'ring' portioinzand ,Y Y meansinea'ch"slotiorfholdingIcards, Said' 65 means including lan larciiate"spring strip `'With two opposi'tely disposed hook-shapedends; removablyinserted in and spanningft-he endsY of' its respective slot.

2. An'indexing device comprising 'aboard f7@ having` an upwardlydisposed i eXtensionWith f I a circular-opening therethr'ougmfa metalprotective plate on'on'e 'facefof 'the board andl havin n" 'aring-portion ls urrou'ndinq 'thefopeninlfof thevr extension o'f''theboard, sa-id ringfm portion' having-'on' its inner edgeanannular lflange closely'fitting* the"edp,e 'of 'the"cir cnl'arf opening-"ot theextension, fand* said v metal lpl'a'tef and extensin having there?throughvtwo' horizontally spaced'y verticalfffm'V slots adjacent thefring; `portion, a 'pairfotf arches" for holding cards', y eachffarchfvhaving 1 `an' arcuate yielding" body portion With 'tivooppositely disposed hooklshaped Eends and serted in and spanningtheendsoie'ach'otsai'dA slots', andan elastic "loop extending from the:ring portion 'of Said 'met-alf plate." A

This f speciiieationil signed' and' witnessed" this at day Ofse'ptembenA; D'.- 1925.

NATHANjWiiRSHAWz;-

